Protest News Updates: May 10, 2018

Tinsukia: A few organisations have said they do not support the 12-hour Tinsukia and Dibrugarh bandh called by 12 groups on Wednesday over the failure of police to trace Rebati Phukan. The All Assam Matak Sanmilan issued a release on Tuesday clarifying that it did not call the bandh. The All Tai Ahom …

Tinsukia: The 12-hour strike called in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts over the alleged failure of the state government to trace Rebati Phukan evoked total response on Wednesday. Phukan, member of the now-defunct People’s Consultative Group, formed by the Ulfa in 2005 to initiate peace talks with the …

Chambal, Madhya Pradesh: The Bharat Bandh on April 2 was a historic event. For the first time ever, a bandh was organised across the country without being backed by either a national political party or group of parties or by any national organisations. The call came from various Dalit groups and …

In two separate incidents in Pondicherry administered Mahe and Kerala’s New Mahe, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) local leader and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker were killed on Monday night. According to Kannur police, Mahe former Municipal Councilor, Babu Kanipoyi, 45, …

The 12-hour Dibrugarh-Tinsukia bandh called by twelve organizations because of the failure of the police to trace People’s Consultative Group (PCG) member, Rebati Phukan disrupted normal life in the two upper Assam districts on Wednesday. Educational institutions, banks and business establishments …

In a follow up action, the reds have also called for a bandh in the district on April 10 to protest the killing of their cadres in the two encounters at Boriya-Kasnasur and Nainer forests. The Maoists and their frontal organizations have claimed the encounters were fake, and several innocent tribals were killed in …

Nagpur: Naxals torched two trucks near Gatta area and also called for a bandh in Gadchiroli district on May 10 to protest the killing of their 40 cadres in the two encounters at Boriya-Kasnasur and Nainer forests. According to police, three people in civil clothes stopped the trucks late on Tuesday night and …

THE MEERUT police have invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against former BSP MLA Yogesh Verma, lodged in jail in connection with the violence during the Bharat Bandh protesting against the alleged dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on April 2. Verma, who had been arrested …

Former BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) MLA Yogesh Verma, who was arrested on charges of inciting violence during ‘ Bharat Bandh‘ on 2 April, has been booked under the National Security Act ( NSA) by district administration. In the ‘Bharat Bandh‘ violence 2 people were killed and over 70 others injured …

The six-hour Mayurbhanj Bandh observed by the Kudumi Sena to press for awarding of ST status to Kudumis/Mohants passed off peacefully on Monday. The bandh was observed from 6 am till 12 noon when Government offices, shops, business establishments and banks remained closed. Besides …

Telangana: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi are trading barbs over farmers’ issues, Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao is all set to launch state’s flagship ‘Rythu Bandhu Scheme’ on Thursday. The timing of the scheme gains significance as it comes a year …

Paradip: Farmers with their family members, including women and children, have begun a dharna under the banner of the United Land Loser Farmers’ Forum in front of the IOCL Paradip refinery since Monday demanding regular employment. Sources said there are 1,752 land losers of the refinery who are pressing for …

Rohtak: Upset over the alleged abusive behaviour of the government school teachers, the residents of Roopgarh and Jeetgarh villages in Jind district staged a dharna (sit-in) inside the school on Wednesday. Both the senior secondary and primary schools are located in one campus in Roopgarh village where around 800 …

A large number of people sat on a ‘dharna‘ demanding an FIR and the immediate arrest of the accused. Later, on the instruction of the SP (rural), a case was registered at the Jansa police station, following which the supporters ended their ‘dharna‘, police said. A named FIR was registered against three persons in which the …

Demanding the Centre for Special Category Status, the APNGOs district committee staged a dharna at the GVMC administration building on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering, APNGOs district president K Eswar Rao demanded that the BJP led NDA government fulfil the promises listed in the AP Reorganisation Act-2014.

Several AMU students are on an indefinite ‘dharna‘ after a clash with the police on May 2 when they were demanding action against right-wing protesters who had entered the campus, shouting slogans. They are asking for a judicial probe into the “police inaction” and the manner in which the row erupted after the BJP MP …

A large number of people from the area including majority of them youth, stood up from the dharna site near Tehsil complex and then moved to the Rajouri-Poonch highway. They sat on dharna on the roads and stalled the movement of traffic on Jammu-Poonch highway for about two hours from 11 am on wards.

… said in a statement that several AMU student union leaders had targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi by name in their speeches during their continuing dharna. … anyone who tries to disturb the peace of the city now would not be spared and warned student union leaders against any unlawful activity during the dharna.

PATNA: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) general secretary and Katihar MP Tariq Anwar said on Wednesday that it had become incumbent upon the state BJP to clearly state its position on the now revived demand for special category status to Bihar. He also urged CM Nitish Kumar to take a “strong line” on the issue.

“Harreld has made public statements about our protests, but he hasn’t spoken to us directly,” Larson said. “We have had conversations with administrators,” Weiss said. “After our first big rally when we first presented our demands, we met with Kevin Kregel [Associate Provost for Faculty] and a few others, and in that meeting …

During the hearing, video clips of the protest rally held by PML-N leaders were also played on an electronic projector. All six facing the proceedings said they regret their action/words. The suspects said they had great respect for the judiciary as they also participated in the movement for the restoration of an independent …

MADISON, Wis. – After budget cuts to many University of Wisconsin campuses, UW System students and faculty are rallying at the Capitol. They are protesting UW Regent’s plans to cut 13 liberal arts majors at UW-Stevens Point and a $250 million cut the system took in the 2015-2017 budget. The protestors read letters of …

Kasur anti-judiciary rally. Lahore. The Lahore High Court on Wednesday decided to indict six accused, including two Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers, on May 11 for protesting in Kasur against the judiciary. Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi announced the decision as he heard a petition against the six …

The SRC will be hosting stalls this week to promote the rally and we urge all students to attend this upcoming protest and call for real justice that will end these killings in custody. See event here – https://www.facebook.com/events/502574550136176/. Feel free to email me at president@src.usyd.edu.au if you have any …

AMP could enter into the annals of corporate Australia history on Thursday with the wealth manager potentially facing the biggest protest vote against its proposed executive pay packages for a top 50 Australian company. Market watchers are tipping AMP could be hit with a protest vote of as much as between 50 per cent …

Chandigarh: A meeting of the executive committee of Joint Action Committee (JAC) of teachers along with the core committee of newly-recruited teachers was held to discuss the problems of newly-recruited teachers whose future is at stake following the recruitment scam. Teachers said the administration was mulling …

Pipeline supporters and opponents held side-by-side rallies outside a downtown Calgary hotel Wednesday, where Enbridge was holding a shareholders meeting on the Line 3 pipeline replacement project. Calgary police estimated about 200 people attended the duelling protests, the majority of whom were pipeline …

Hundreds of Korean Air Lines Co. employees plan to stage another rally this weekend against the founding family members accused of abuses and assaults on … The protestcomes after video footage of Lee Myung-hee, wife of Hanjin Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho, cursing and rebuking hotel construction workers went …

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